Husband and wife recover at VCU from violent encounter on I-95

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RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) - Betty and Thomas Doyle were on their way to their son’s Florida home last week to drop off some furniture. But their plans took a terrifying detour to VCU Medical Center where both are now receiving care.

Their pick-up truck was packed that dreary Thursday night as they headed south on I-95. They were near mile marker 67 when there was a loud pop, then confusion.

"A truck passed on left lane, they were in center lane, and then all of a sudden the driver-side window shattered and debris came across the cab,“ said Charles Brinkmann, Betty Doyle’s twin brother.

Thomas Doyle was driving, and his brother-in-law says he told his wife he could no longer steer. Their Chevy truck hit the jersey wall, as Betty grabbed the wheel to drive to the shoulder.

The State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations is working the case, where they say at this point there's no evidence to suggest a shot was fired.

But multiple police sources from other agencies tell CBS-6 a different story. They say pellets from a shot gun shell injured the Pennsylvania couple.

"A shot gun fires a shell and there's the base with 15 pellets about the size of a .38 caliber."